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W. J. MUNDEN. SYSTEM OF moon 101101; AND OONVEYANGE.

Patented Feb. 11,1890.

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SYSTEM OF LOOOMOTION AND OONVEYANGB.

Patented Feb. 11,1890

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W. J. MUNDEN. SYSTEM 015' LOGOMOTION AND CONVEYANOE.

No. 421,186. Patented Feb. 11,1890.

YViLLIAM .ionr: MUNDE'N, or Lennon,

SYSTEM or toeoiviorion Arie SPECIFICATION formingepatrt of "LettersPatent No. QZlJBB, dated Fehruary 11, 18%).

Appliuation filetl March 30, 1889.

- moving platform orvehiolm'm', in more general tot-mo, to bass 'l'rom aiixetl. surt'aoe to' a moring one, or i'rom t moving surface, to allXQtl one, or from one moving surface to another moving at a very(lit'l'ereutepeell, without inconvenience, the purpoae in general heing'to Ulttz'litt atree in a vei vie or only stitute or equivalent for thepurposes of loci)- niotion antl conveyance A5 from its character it ispeculiarly suitable for nee with an endless hell;- termin a platform amlrunning continuously in one direction, ,l will lllfih describe it inconnection with (Hill, n-mine an adjunct to .such continuousbelt-platform, which lattenl will hm'einaiter rei'er teas the mainplatform." This mainplatiform takes the place Oi'.tl1e presentrolling-stoel; or cars of a railway, being, in i;tot ,'a continuousearfloor upon which may he ereel oil i; "ate oreahs, either at intervalsor eontinuously. lit in formed of any suitahle material, prel'erahly ofplanks, their lengths placed transversely to its line of progress, andtheir tale-ea either overlaping each other or close together, so as toform anearly plane surface, anti tlexiole iaterally to the extentrequired. l'orpaarr ine; rountl eur .'e:-., au i in some caees alno Yent-ieally, so ti) allow it to raise rountl drums or their equivalentshaving their axes horizontaliy plaeeil, or nearly so, at the en fla ofits length in the cases where it. in requi :(l to return in the oppositedirection underneath. In the cases in. which the plan oi. the 1 line isapproximately circular or elliptic the 3 main platform follows suehplan, while in cases where this is not possible or eonvenient the beltcan, at the extreme ends of the distance required to he covet-oil, hentllater ally round. a drum oriitn equivalent; having its axieapproximately vertical, and return in an opposite direction alongside, 1Thin main ljltll fulliiifi caused. to nrogrosrs by the that in 305,455.ilo m n-11o to revolve, or by any other available means. For the purposeoi obtaining, ace to or exit from such a main piatiorni l arra ah," it.SlLlO a series oi. belts, the upper of which form plattorma similar tothe u'iain platform, but in'ueh narrower tutti running); paralleltherelo'antlto each other an close as in omn'eniently poesihle. lhoaemay in Some canes enteml the whole length of the main platform, but ingeneral are arran geii at eon 'venient intervals to serve an etatiom ertie-pots. '0 will suppose the main pla orrr,ioherunningnix.milesperhour. Tihenlhemarrow platform next it w ill runat; five miles per hour, the next to t his al i'our miles perhonr, the

ne t; gain at three miloaper lit)t1 i.,llil@ INYil at ient and readyace/ear in upon this iixetl platform can without convenience step fromit to the nearent; he row platform, which moves at only one mile perhour, from this to the nex moving attrvo miles per hour, from this tothe one mot, l f at three mill; per hour, ttlltl so on. from on" to theother until the main plattoi' reat-lnnl anti he is traveling: at hi1;mih hour, an there in a iiti'orence of only on per hour between any twoadjoining plat torms, anti they l'orm together one hroaal plane vut-face, each strip ot' which nievenatrt ftillercnt speetl; or he maywall: from the main platform to the llXQtl platform in the same way.these narrow platforms can be arranged to term a Series ol step: eachone higher than it, llCl;:lll7()l,St) that a passenger aeeentls ortlO-SCLilllh from the tixetl platform to the main platform, or viceVerna. platferu'ne are generally. forrnwl by the upper wriaecs ofendless hells a n't operated in any convenient manner, and they, as wellas the main platform, may he supporterv hy wheels upon rails, or anyother suitable construct-i011 may he adopted. The axles (upon Whieh theor surface to which passengers have eonventlrnmn revolve, which earrythe narrow plat forms) are sometimes attaehei'l to anllaro earrieilforward with the Hltlt} or allies of a ear or train at; earn oi. anytleseriptitm, or to the e'nle or nl'iles o!" a main platfortmashereinhefore tltrStllilj tltl. in this cane the one nearest the side ofthe car or main platform moves very slowly, (by reason of the drumsbeing caused to revolve,') the" second from. the car somewhat faster,the third faster still, and so on until the outside one runsatapproximately the same speed as the car, but all these in the oppositedirection from that in. which the car or main platform is moving. As thecar 4 groundfupon it, and from thence tothe next,

and so on (as the difierence of speed of each" platform from the next issmall) until the car or main platform is reached, or he can d'escendinthe same manner. For the purpose of obtaining-access'to a moving ship orboat I sometimes floatthe movingpla tfotfms upon water, in which case,as likewise when the moving surface to be gained is a car or vehicle,it'must be run alongside the moving platform which runs'thefas'test; Thepas: senger having arrived upon the continuous main platform, when thisis used, can, if in" greathaste to arrive at his destination, walkforward upon it, (one side being left clear of seats for that purpose,)thus adding his pedestrian speed to that of the platform; or I"sometimes make the mainplatformwit'hatrack for tram-cars, which arepropelled thereon by any suitable means at a still greater speed. p

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective view of part of a main and narrow platforms. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of one kind of platformand chain used. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of an alternative platform and chain. Fig. 4 is a plan'ofunder side, and Fig. 5 aside elevation of another platform and chain.Fig. 6 is an elevation of a platform and chain passing round an end drumwhich has its axis horizontal. Fig. 7 isaplan o'f aplatform passinground an end drum; which has its axis vertical. Fig. Sis a sideelevation of an intermediate drum driving a platform. Fig. 9 is an endelevation, and Fig. 10 a diagrammatic side view, of a series ofplatforms at different'heighisv Fig. 11 is a plan of part of a line anda junction. Fig.12 is an elevation of a chainandplatfotrm, showing amethod ofsnspen'sion and support. Fig. 13 is a plan showing cars runningalongside a series of narrow platforms. Fig. 14is a side elevation, andFig. 14. a part end elevation, of a car with narrow platforms attached.Fig. 15 is a planet? a ditfercnt car-floor with platforms attached.

I willnow proceed to describe each figure in detail, first promisingthatI do not confine myself to any particular description of chain orplatform, or to anyparticular mechanism for propelling,-supporting, orguiding same;

' 'ame direction.

but while describing and showing some typical forms construct myplatforms in the most convenient manner suitable to each particu- 7e:lar case, always retaining the feature of my invention which consists ina platform in which the parts adjoining the fixed surface move veryslowly and the parts adjoining the moving surface or vehicle move muchfaster,

running continuously'at the rate of six miles j perhour in the directionindicated by the arrow. This main platform is held togetherby -one ormore chains, (two linksD D of which are shown running underneath, oneneareach o j'edge,) and having wheels F attached to it,

running on rails G. B is a fixed platformupon which passengers walkprevious to commencing a' journey or after completing one; Close by andparallelto theside of this is an endless 5 belt forininga narrowplatform a, running continn'ously' in the same direction as the mainplatform at,;a.speed of half audio per hour." Next again td'this'fisanother similar endless belt forming a narrow platform b, running at tooa speedof one mile per'hour; next agaima third 0, running one and 1 ahalf mile per hour; a fourth (1, running two milesper hour, and soon,.tlirough the different remainingnarrow belt-platforms e, f, g, h, z,k, and l, :05 each increasing in spe'ed half a mile per hour from thefixed platform until the speed of the narrow platform Z is five and ahalf miles per hour, and this latter runs close by and parallel to theside of the main platform 1 re A. It will be understood from theforegoing;

that each of these narrow platforms, as well as the main platform A, areso constructed that their upper surfaces form a smooth plane floor, andas each platform runs close 1 u 5 to the side of the next one planesurface extendsfrom the fixed platform B to the farther edge of the mainplatform A, each beltlatform runni at a different speed in the A personthen, having en- :20

tered upon the fiixed platform B and standing at the point marked on,can easily step upon the first narrow platform a, (which moves onlyhalf. a mile per hour, or about eight inches per second) and'from thisfirst narrow 1 2 5 platform a to the second I), as this latter only runshalf a mile per hour faster than a, and

so on over (3d, e, f, g, h, i, k, and 1 until the main platform A isreached; but during the time occupied intak'ng the twelve steps over theplatforms he wil have been movingforward, and the direction he will havetaken is shown approximately by the chain dotted line from m to thepoint marked 0. This menus; (lint in; t in time he ranches the mainplsitiorm he .lll hnro znl\'nn .'od some iifteen er i.\-Qlli' .i'nrds onhis journey. The main platform A may ill} of any length, extending, ifrequired, in an llllifilullll line lnriween the m: in iihtn, or or illleeted as niiown in big.

53' in ring. CHM: when n ieng length of main piziii'orin it; weed thishim. description of (lllllll 1' oxezl at inlerrnin oi not more than onemile in (lrng' the main platform i'orwnrd, eaeh I tilene ziriringilrinn,whether at the endsor mix if" ph being mun-zed to re- Volvo ii inn:ni'nilniile nnd convenient power ngnnnlied in ii. in. 5023M: eases then1o tion oi din nlntl'ornile in inlerniitienl. l ioj. :5 side elevationof it iiliort length oii' n jiihitlorin and. (:hnin, as see-motions usedwhen: the nd. drums lnivo ihrir :txeS hori' QlUiiiill, i'llllciii'l y 5o. A is ihe platform. {here shown oi wood ninnks i), the width in eachnlnnli i'roni joint i'o joint 1' if being oqnnl to the iiifileu whichform the ohnin.) Axles nre flililfililil to neino of these links or tothe nlnnks ni interrain, (shown here ill; eneli third. link) on whichnine revolve wheeieal wliieh, running.

, on an ordinnry rail or girder (i, forming a pernnin ii wiry, supportllie whole weight; of the (31mins, pinll'orni, and its minern 'ised lendof pnnneinrern o goods, and anumot bulge down nrd inwljwoen. the axlesliy reason of the joints ll of the planks presningto her,

lnii liiiil}: line in open in the manner shown in. i'

i; when running over n llOl'lZOl'llil-l ifxeil in iaininlnrds ll,

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and nhiti'ur oled mriirnk l flexed =rn. er: 1 p in the Hill :1 2 mil n lin wnieh .1 :rxin w irnl, (in the ninnnn' hown in l g. 1 eniiiliie thinin lit done the plan (sil rnnngg; the g lnll'orni, are 2:. need so no toso rm rlrni oneh. other no Elie that when 1l "=.il,l .'l*li *ndz-alaterally the 'ii'n'ier ride of renters i) ll oi the links l),

il nod the pen einiin-linlin close up, while the Outer side elniin-linksare still extended and pulling: ezieli other, 215 when the Pillllfll'lllis straight. Willi ihis deseription olchain and platform it is n0 wan-yin place the horizoninl wheels K (which guide the platform round acurve) in HllLil :1, position as to bear upon the inside of the outerehnin. 'lhese wheels; ii. revolve upon vertical axles K, fixed [0 andforming part; oi. the pernmnent way.

Fig. (3 is n BideOlOV1ll()!l,()lHlSllltlllGll-ififile, of part 01. achain and platform, either of the description shown in Fig. 2 or in Fig.3, passronnd one oi the end drnnis ll, used for guiding, supporting, ordriving the platform. I," irlhe shaft upon which this drnn'i (or in some"uses two or more drums) is fixed; Mill this'slinft and drum or drumsare ennsed to revolve by means of the toothed. wheel l1 gearing with :1wheel fixed upon. the driving shnli oi? an n 'nilnble motor; or 51 trninoi lilUl'liLillSlll or nnyolher suitable means may he i lilizeed forconnecting; the shrill ll with the rhnli of the motor used to supply thepower required to operate the drnnn .L and einisequenlly the ehnins andplzulT-orm by monns prolenbly oi" the aproelieln or ioeth if, whichiitliC: into hollow, :ihe links i); or 'the links may i we projeelionsformed upon them which take into depressions in the drinns L; or anyother COlEYUillljlllv'llmiillj ol. enrnving, forward the elniins nmyhendopled.

Fig. 7 in n plan. on n snmll smile, of porter n platform (ol thedeseriplirm shown in luigo. l and pnssin round one o the end drums 5,,which hns' one or shni'tl/ .ertieztl or nearly so, nnd which platform isthereby guided and propelled in one horimndrrl plane, or approximatingthereto. The slint I." is eonneeted Toynny convenient mechanism with themotonshnft used for operating the ill'illllS and chain. The links (ofthe description shown in Figs. i and 5) underneath the planks 0f thephitfm'm, beingslot-teo at their-ends, allow of the (shiningup of iheedges of the platnlin i.) ninlernenill (313 11 other when. possing roundthe drum li its renown in (lotied.

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.l ig: S is :2. wide, (devnflon ol. n drum as up plied at :my positionnitorineiliiite lnrlween. the extreme endn oi the main platfm'ni. .lorthe purpose oi ing and. go g: in in the mines before referred to, wherethesez'ire neeessnry on neeo'nntof the length. of line or who! he lineisoi reulnr er elliplirv nhnpe in plan and no end. (lrnninnrel'CQllll'GLi. The sprockets or eeth if on drums l) tnilie into hollowsformed in the links l), rind l linii 4.1.; the chains and main platformfore-"mil, or any TOG other eonron ion i; means for eifigeeiingtliis maybolt, (shown broken off in width) which forms the main platform A, ishere psssingoverone of the end drums on the shaft L", and is driven inany convenient manner. B is the fixed platform, and alongside-of it attime some level runs the slowlyunoving narrow plst orm a. At sconvenient height for a step "and closely parallel to it runs somewhatfaster the second narrow platform I), the next again c, faster still,and so on through (Z, c, y, and 'g, wliicli last runs close alongsidethe main platform A, which is the highest of-ell; or these relstivepositions may be reversed and f the main platform A be placed lowest ofall,

when the passenger would descend from the fined platform B over thenarrow platforms totlie main platform-A. In this latter case tliearrangement of drums would be varied to meet the changed positions;

Fig. 11 is a. plan View of a. portion of a. line showing the methods ofcurving laterally by means of guide-pulleys K, having verticslorspproximately-verticsl ones or shafts K,the peripheries of whichguide-pulleys meet either the side of the platform A or the side of oneor tile chains, as oeforedescrioed with referonce to Figs. land 5. Thisplan view shows also a convenient method of effecting junctions and ofpassing fromonc line to another. The main platform from X to Y moves inthe direction of the arrow, and is propelled in any convenient manner.Running close by and parallel to its side for a. short distance is theterminus of another main platform travcling in the direction of thearrow to Z and running over and propelled by the drum upon the shsftL".The two main platforms bei-n for a considerable distance close by theside of each other and running at the same speed, it is obvious that apassenger coming from X can at this point walk from the one mainplatform to the other, traveling toward Z without inconvenience; or ifthe two main platforms run in a direction opposite to that indicated bythe arrows the passengers coming from Z can join those coming from Y andtogether proceed to X. j Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a method 05,erection of ,this chain and main, platform-3 which presents manyincidental advantages/i Accordingto this method, between onepropelling-drum E and the next the supporting permanent-way wheels F,(hereinbeforo referred to,) insteadof being longitudinally level, isconstructed in a. cstenary curve/(here very much exaggerated forillustration, but really so slight as to be unnoticeable by the'-cye,)so that the tendency of the longitudinal strain of hnulsgo upon thechain or chains D is to lift it or them from the wheels-F oiotbersulostructure forming such permanent way when" without a load, asat T, but to stroll a slight degree that the weight of a. few passengersor goods of any description upon one part W of the main platformbrlngsthe chain 1);, form ing s rail, down. upon the permanentwsy wheels F,thus reducing the friction to s minimum, as only the parts of the mainplatform actually loaded press upon thewheels, and the remainder of thechain and platform is supported more or less freely by the longitudinnlstrain of lmulnge, or when wlieels at tscliod to the under side ofplatform run upon rails the some advantage is gained.

Fig. 13 is a plan of an arrangement for em sliling passengers to enteror leave on .ordinary vehicle while in motion. A A are the cars, whichin this ones telrs tine plane of the main platform. 13 is the fixedplsiforimprefersbly at the some level and accessible to intendingpasscngersm'lio can: easily step from it to the first narrow platformor, moving slowly in the direction of arrow, and from thence to thefaster-moving one D, and so on till 7; is reached, which moves at aboutthe some speed as the cars A, and it is therefore easy-t0 step from oneto the other for the purpose of embarking or disembarking. The

cars A may be propelled in. any convenient manner, and are here shown asdrawn by n. rope 1'.

Fig. 14 ion. side elevation of a cor necording to my invention, in whichthe moving plstforms'sre connected to and travel with the car itself.The ear is traveling in the direotionshowu by the arrow ata. rate, Wewill suppose, of five miles per hour, and in this case runs upon meta-lrails G; and it has attached to and projecting from its side or sides ateach end horizontal axles equal in number to the number of platforms.lfpontlle axle at each end nearest the car runse wheel M, carrying a.belt N, having a. speed of one mile per hour; a. second M, carrying itbelt N, having aspeed of two miles per hour; a third M carrying it beltN having at speed of three miles per hour, a fourth Ill carrying s beltN", having a speed of four miles per hour, and a. fifth "M", carrying'abolt N, having n speed of live miles per hour, but all these 11c.running in the opposite direction from that ill Which the cor istraveling. These belts N, N, N, N, and .N are arranged so as to form nseries of narrow stair-platforms, the dutside one N being a few inchesabove the ground, and the inside one N next the car lpeiug at or aboutthe same height as the floor A of the car. As the car itselt runs fivemiles per hour in one direction'end the belt Ni runs five miles per hourin the opposite di-j rection, it follows that any pointin the upper partof the outside belt 1 is relatively to the IIS round motionless ands as,en ercenessil g 7 P F a step from one to the other. rom N be cansteponto N, and so on increasing in speed relatively to the ground pnemile per hour at each stop until the floor of the car is reached, and hecan enter by either oi, the doors. In the same manner a passenger candescend from one to the other until the ground is reached. Although eachof those bslteis hers shown at a diderent helgllt,they neutrons one ivation of same.

of a car and a series of 7 level, if desircdl Fig. is a diagrammaticplan of the floor belts forming platforms extending round it. These areattached to and move with the car. In this case the axles upon which theWheels M, M, M and M run are vertical, and the belts N, N, N and N runat different spe'cds'in the opposite direction (on the side of the carused for 'mounting and dismounting) to the motion of the car. Thesebelts can either be in one plane or form a series of steps at differentheights.

Havingfully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination of a number of longi tudinal andclosely-placed parallel bands, the upper surfaces of which formplatforms moved along in one direction, but at relatively-increasingspeeds from one side of the series to the other, as set forth.

2. The combination of a series of closelyplaced parallel andlongitudinal bands, the

upper surfaces of Which form platforms traversing in the same direction,but at relativelyincreasing speeds, a fixed platform parallel with andadjoining that one of the said series of bands which is traversing atthe slowest speed, and a moving platform parallel with and adjoiningthat one of the said series of Fig. 14 is a part end ele havehereuntoset my hand this 19th bands which is traversing at the, highestspeed, as set forth. 1 h

The combination. of a series of closelyplaced parallel and longitudinalbands, the upper surfaces of which form platforms traversing in the samedirection, but at relativelyincreasing speedaa'fixed platform parallelwith and adjoining that one of the said series of bands which istraversing at the slowest speed, and a car or train of cars or a vehiclemoving parallel with and adjoining that one of the saicl'series of bandswhich is traversing at the highest speed, as setforth.

4. The combination of a moving platform (or its equivalent, a car)adapted to travel on a permanent or road Way, and a series of l4 Loft-usRoad, ,Shepherds Bush, London.

Rosnn'r FRENCH Tnonrson,

73 Summerley Street, Earlsficld, London.

